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Since the beginning of time, both genders have had predetermined characteristics that have separated men from women. Certain behaviors, characteristics, or assumptions are tied with each gender as a symbol of their biological nature. In recent times, these lines have become less prominent, but the same cannot be said for the Shakespearian era as gender roles were key in societal acceptance. Most likely influenced by his times, William Shakespeare wrote many comical and witty plays that bent…

The Age of Revolution was a period of time following the Enlightenment in which there were many rebellions, revolutions, and uprisings. The revolutionaries of the Age of Revolution, between 1789 and 1871, drew from Enlightenment ideals in order to create change in their societies. These changes most often dealt with instituting governments that fit the needs and interests of the people they governed. Napoleon Bonaparte of France and Otto von Bismarck of Germany were two significant leaders of…

The revolutions of 1848 failed. They were successful to a certain extent in bringing change in their respective countries, such as introducing constitutions in France and reforms such as in Italy, where the Kingdom of Naples introduced agricultural reform. However, examples such as the German states where there was a failure to reach a new constitution and the Austrian empire where the conservatism returned, illustrate how the failures significantly outweighed the successes. There are three main…

fine art but his father didn’t want him to. When his brother died Hitler became detached and introverted. His father died in 1903, and two years later Hitler’s mother allowed him to drop out of school. After her death in December of 1907 he moved to Vienna to work as a casual laborer and a watercolor…

fear? Most children, including Doraine Kurz, experienced this during the Holocaust. Doriane Kurz lived in hiding for most of her childhood. She was 7 years old when she and her brother were put into hiding. Before hiding, she and her family lived in Vienna, Australia in freedom and equality. Her father ran a thriving business and they all enjoyed a great life. Two years after Doriane was born, her family had to move because of the Germans. They then fled to the Netherlands to be safer. After a…

Gregor Mendel By:Naomi Allman Early life Gregor Mendel, born in Heinzendorf, Austria on July 22,1822 to Anton and Rosine Mendel on his family’s farm.At age 11 a local schoolmaster recommend sending him to a secondary school in Troppau to continue his education.It was a financial strain on his family, he graduated in 1840 with honors. Then enrolled in a two year program at the Philosophical Institute of the University of Olmutz he graduated the program in 1843. A Monk He began to study as a…

team that worked on transuranium elements...”. Meitner was a part of this team that had helped her with her succession of discovering nuclear fission. Meitner was the third child of eight in her Jewish Family. Later on she entered the University of Vienna in 1901 and studied physics under Ludwig Boltzmann. Leitner was not allowed to enter public school so she had no choice but to attend private school. Lise Meitner was recognized by her discoverment of nuclear fission. In the Atomic Archive…

As obvious and rational as it might now be, the act of washing hands to prevent infections wasn’t so apparent up until the late 1800s. Back when doctors and medical students would move from dissecting a corpse straight to performing surgery on a patient, what is now known as infectious diseases were attributed to various reasons, and as every human being is in someway distinct from others, it was suggested that the cause of every death was too (Semmelweis seal., n.d.). In the 1840’s, and due to…

I’m sure that you have heard about the chaos enveloping us here in France. I know that rumors have been spreading about the demise of the upper and middle classes and that you must be worried about our safety. I should assure you that we are in no current danger from the revolutionaries here. In fact, I believe that if these revolutions are successful, they will continue to spread much-needed change against the nobility while eventually giving way to more moderate policies that will help us in…

The Mirriam-Webster dictionary defines the word “blame” as a verb, meaning “to place responsibility for a fault or error; to hold responsible; to find fault for.” In the face of a horrific tragedy, it seems to be a natural response to want to place the blame on someone or something, perhaps to channel the anger and the trauma and be able to put it somewhere, anywhere, in hopes of alleviating the pain. It might be a way to rationalize what happened, to try to apply reason and logic to the…